Here’s that Tom & Jerry piece

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Joseph Barbera 1911-2006

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Strange Magic

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With the exception of Xanadu, I’ve noticed that all of these have taken on a dark feel to them. Not that that’s a bad thing, I suppose.

Can’t Get It Out Of My Head

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I wasn’t too happy with the lack of a real concept for Xanadu, but I feel like this one's getting back on track. As usual, if you have any suggestions for visuals for other E.L.O. songs, I'm open to ’em.

On a related topic, I took all of the Better Than One illustrations and used iPhoto to print them in books. They look freakin’ cool all printed up and professionally bound. I geeked out and printed tiny books that can fit into my wallet. They were only six bucks a piece to print! Niiiice.

Greetings

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The 2nd in my E.L.O. series. Took me a while to do the six illustrations for each letter but I think I got the cheesy vintage postcard feel I was going for, albeit with a slightly updated twist. It skews a bit clip-arty at times, but I’m hoping that lends to the cheese factor. I thought about aging and distressing the image to make it look like an authentic postcard, but I decided to keep with my flat, graphic style.

Comments? Suggestions? Visual ideas for other E.L.O. songs?

Helen’s Wish List

Can’t think of anything to get Helen for the holidays or for her upcoming birthday January 22nd? Here, lemme help.
First off, you can always rely on her constantly-updated Amazon

Next, apparently, there’s still stuff from our wedding registry on nambé.com that she’d like.

And, lastly, she looooves the Jeff Soto.
More specifically, THIS PRINT



and THIS PRINT.



I’ll be sure to add more stuff as she continues to drop not-so subtle hints.

My Blue World

Recently, I was introduced to a band called L.E.O., an E.L.O.-inspired group made up of a buncha members of some of my favorite bands (Bleu, Jellyfish, etc.). Listening to them led me to a new appreciation for E.L.O. and that, in turn, led to the germ of an idea: A set of illustrations inspired by the titles of E.L.O. songs. Who knows where, if anywhere, it will lead.

The first one I took a crack at was Evil Woman. Love to know what you think of it.

As always, I’m open to suggestions for illustration visuals inspired by other E.L.O. songs. Being that I can’t really draw, I’m sorta restricted to my simple, graphic style, but I’ll do my best.

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Fun with Pottery Barn

When Helen and I saw stocking hanger thingies that spelled out PEACE, JOY and WISH, we couldn’t help ourselves. Hey, if Pottery Barn didn’t want people like us screwing with their stuff, they shouldn't leave it out.

Mwah ah ah!